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Illinois Senator Dick Durbin

Now that Harriet Miers, the legal sensation that never was, is gone and forgotten, Chicagoist can focus our attention on the latest Bush Supreme Court nominee, Samuel Alito.

George Bush’s nominee to replace William Rehnquist as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, is expected to be confirmed by the Senate next week, but Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Barack Obama will not be extending their support to Roberts’ nomination. On Thursday Durbin, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, voted against the nomination, but Roberts was still confirmed by a vote of 13-5. Durbin’s no vote was expected, as he...

Now we didn't tell you this, but approximately four months after Bart Ross murdered her husband and mother at her Chicago home, Judge Lefkow returned to court Tuesday to preside over a number of routine civil cases. Her deputy said she "didn't want a lot of fanfare", and a note on her courtroom door said so:

It's not official, but speculation has turned to expectation that 15-term northwest suburban Congressman Henry Hyde will announce in April that this is his last term in Congress. The staunch conservative will be 82 when term ends in 2006, and due to House of Representative rules, he is no longer eligible to keep his chairmanship of the Foreign Affairs Committee. As a result, this is probably the perfect time for him to end a long,...